A-1 Tri Cities Taxi

I had reservations to go to the airport and ended up having to scramble for alternate plans when they didn’t show 15 mins late. Maybe I should have had a bigger buffer… Then again maybe they should have showed on time or at a minimum taken my phone number when I phoned for the reservation so they could call and let me know they were running late. I phoned after and they claimed they were only «just a few minutes late» and said it shouldn’t have mattered. I didn’t realize they were knowledgable on my flight schedule.

Not happy… took 45 mins for my cab to arrive (I’m still waiting actually) the woman who dispatched my call was not at all informative on time… I am only going 8 miles. I just got off of an amtrak train… I really don’t see how this is the «busy» time of day! (I arrived at 6:30am it is now 7:15am) don’t call this company unless you have TONS of time and want to wait…

Driver was good and they accepted credit/​debit cards BUT it too a loooong time to process my card and I might try some other taxi service next time. In and out is good service. Just a suggestion. thanks for the ride :)

I needed to leave for the airport by 5:15. Debated about driving and leaving my car, but I opted to go for a cab ride (thought I’d bypass the hassle of driving, parking, and running to the terminal). I don’t know why, but it seems like my travel custom is to pack at the last minute, stay up late, and get an hour or so worth of sleep before a dog-​early flight. I asked to be picked up by 5:15, and after spitting out my toothpaste, and scrambling downstairs, I peaked out and the taxi was promptly outside my house (I was the one late — I got out the door at 5:17).
Drivers are can always be interesting blokes. This was no different. We talked about various things as I wiped the sleep from my eyes and prepared for getting on my flight. As luck would have it, this character chose to talk about politics though — Dude! It’s freakin’ Five in the freakin’ morning! Of course, being in back-a$$word eastern Washington this was somebody who was anti-​Obama («he’s a Socialist», and I’m sure he thinks he’s a terrorist), and I had to put up with about 10min of McCain propaganda. Once again, for f’s sake! It’s 5am, I’m only going to be talking to you for another 3min. I don’t want to talk about politics when I have a flight to catch.
It turns out brevity in service wasn’t a high point. I paid via a credit card (business) – bit mistake. This ended up taking about 10 min! Did the transaction, and then he had to call in the card. Once again… Dude.
For a 15min drive, the total came out to be about $ 40. In hindsight, I should have just drove myself. The parking fee would have been about the same (maybe cheaper), and I would have definitely been inside the airport faster. Oh well, this is what you get for living in the boonies!